Tiny Blue Turtle
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Free crochet no sew whale pattern: a no-sew mini whale amigurumi, about 6 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. It is a round blue whale with a white belly, a tail that curls up and a little white spout of yarn loops on top, worked in one piece with no sewn-on parts. You need about 25 m of yarn: 15 m blue and 10 m white. Plan on roughly 1 hour. It makes a cute desk buddy or a gift for a sea lover, and it is quick enough for a beginner; you can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the No-Sew Mini Whale
Beginner-friendly · 6 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the toy in rounds: Whale (25 rounds).
- No sewing at the end: the ears, limbs and tail are crocheted in as you go.
- Stuff and finish it in one step, shown on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
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Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 19 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 5.7 cm at the widest, 6.9 cm long; 25 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre top line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Insert the safety nose/eyes now, while the piece is open (positions: see “Face”). Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Before sewing, flatten the opening into a slit: fold the edge in half (15 st against 15 st) and sew along that flat edge (pinched 100 %). Bend ≈ 100° around round 22<!-- the bend spreads over 3 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 22, on the centre top line). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 20 to round 25, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 5 rounds) and fasten off inside.
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